The transition of the Socioplastics project from its nascent, fluid iterations within the LAPIEZA framework to a codified series of ten Zenodo protocols represents a profound epistemic shift in the role of the architect-artist. No longer content with the ephemeral nature of relational aesthetics, Lloveras posits a logistical ontology wherein art is not merely an object of contemplation but a functional, scriptable component of civic infrastructure. This maneuver effectively bypasses the traditional critique directly into the material and informational flows of the smart city. By treating art as a phantom-architecture, the practitioner can redirect affective and physical currents, achieving a redirection of flow that is measurable by a quantifiable threshold of persistence. Central to this defensive posture is the concept of Semantic Hardening, a strategic fortification of language against the erosive effects of algorithmic entropy and platform capture. In an era where digital stacks colonize meaning through automated scraping and standardization, Lloveras advocates for a proprietary lexicon that functions as a cognitive firewall. This is not merely an exercise in jargon but a form of "Semantic Masonry," where terms like CamelTag and SystemicLock serve as load-bearing syntactic bricks. These linguistic units are designed to be "untranslatable" to dominant data-mining logics, ensuring that the system’s internal coherence remains hermetically sealed from external exploitation. This operational closure creates a zone of nominal sovereignty, where the density of the citation becomes the primary metric of a node's structural integrity and its resistance to being absorbed by the global data-commodity chain.
The urban environment, under the lens of Stratum Authoring, is reimagined as an editable, deep-time palimpsest rather than a static site for demolition and reconstruction. Lloveras approaches the city with the precision of a forensic architect, mapping stratigraphic layers to identify points where history can be selectively amplified or updated without erasure. This methodology treats the built environment as a "manuscript" that can be modified through subtle, metabolic interventions—a process described as Proteolytic Transmutation. Here, the act of subtraction is framed as an intensification of signal; by digesting semantic and material excess, the system converts its own surplus into structural fuel. This enzymatic degradation mirrors a biological process where "forgetting" is not a loss of data but an essential cognitive function required to increase signal density. It is a radical departure from the additive logic of late-stage capitalism, proposing instead a "metabolic pruning" that aligns urban development with the principles of a circular, intelligent economy.
Within this recursive framework, the notion of Recursive Autophagia emerges as a counter-strategy to the exhaustion of hyper-dense systems. Rather than succumbing to the accelerationist drive toward external expansion, the system turns inward, consuming its own history as biomass to fuel renewal. This self-consumption is not a death drive but a mechanism for institutional restructuring, allowing for efficiency gains through the digestion of obsolete patterns. It is complemented by Postdigital Taxidermy, a technique that reanimates "dead" formats—such as the early blog structures of the 2010s—by preserving their external shells while replacing their internal logic with the hardened syntax of the new operating system. This form of "format necromancy" provides a camouflaged resilience, allowing sovereign knowledge to persist within the husks of legacy media.
The entire ten-part series culminates in the Systemic Lock, a definitive epistemic sealing that consolidates the preceding nine protocols into a singular, impenetrable infrastructure. This final move ensures that the "Socioplastics" framework is no longer a collection of disparate ideas but a unified, sovereign entity capable of withstanding the instabilities of the 2026 socio-political climate. The reliance on Citational Commitment further reinforces this, as the series establishes a fiduciary chain of custody where every reference acts as a load-bearing element. In Lloveras’ universe, a node that is not "vouched for" through this rigorous citational masonry risks being digested by the system's own autophagic processes. Ultimately, these records represent the solidification of a decade of experimental practice into a canonical set of tools for the "asymmetrical scholar," providing a blueprint for maintaining agency within the cracks of the overarching digital and architectural stack.
Lloveras, A. (2026). Socioplastics: Sovereign Systems for Unstable Times (501-510). [PDF and Plain Text]. Zenodo. Available at:
